JUST FOUND THIS IN MY LAUNDRY MONEY OF ALL PLACES. oops, caps lock. extra frond ddr. [IMG] [IMG] normal: [IMG]
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ah. ok. is it pitted from that cleaning, or from being buried?
it must have went into the ground early. it still has some red on the reverse. [IMG]
only four of the altered die coins were struck. but when La. left the union, the made a crapload of the "confederate" halves with the US supplied...
i got this in a lot a while back and it was marked 'Dug Coin'. is that a reference to the pitting, or do they mean dug up out of the ground?...
here is a link if anyone wants to watch it. http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/videos/pawn-stars-room-and-hoard#pawn-stars-room-and-hoard
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/clt/3609448542.html
http://www.ebay.com/sch/riff1060/m.html?item=221188648680&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
here is a vid explaining the science behind the reaction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGCx9HZwYBo
anyone tried this? i did it to a common peace dollar with horrible black toning all over and it really worked well. it was almost solid black, but...
got it in now.
i just noticed that it is also a DDR. rotated spread on the stars under USofA. [IMG] [IMG]
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1964 kennedy ddo/ddr i found a '67 D DDR earlier, and now i just found a '64 P DDO. doubling to WE TRUST, and the Y in LIBERTY. uncirculated, but...
there are 17 listed, so i have to narrow down which it is. split serifs and doubled stars. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
macro.
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